How to fix paper jam Ricoh-MPC-2030 printer

Now a day, the printers is a working tools indispensable in the office. When working with any printer, “Paper jam” error is inevitable. In this artical, I will introduction to you how to fix “Paper Jam” errors Ricoh-MPC-2030. Ricoh-MPC-2030 is laser printer, easy to use, hight speed, less noise. The following is paper jam errors, the location of paper jammed of this printer.
When paper jammed occur, the printer will be reported to you by control panel or status window on the computer. This time, the printer was not printed and the warning LED is Orange light, on the computer display one of the following message:– Jam 0: Paper Jam 0 occurs in the paper feeding of the printer– Jam 1: Paper Jam 0 occurs in the fuser area or around the tone cartridge or in the manual feeder.– Jam 2: Jam 2 occurts if paper is jammed in front of or inside the fuser (exit area)
In the printing process, the paper will be pass printing the latter stages to finish a print:
1. After receiving a print command, the printer will be feeds paper from the paper feeder tray as required.
2. Then, the paper passes the paper feed sensor.
3. When passed the paper feed sensor, the paper will be passed the toner cartridge, fuser unit, and then moves to paper exit sensor.
4. The paper then passes through the paper exit sensor and go out of the printer, complete the printing process.
The following is introduction to “How to fix(repair/solve) paper jam Ricoh-MPC-2030”

I. Paper Jam 0

Description”Jam 0″: Printer does not print, Status LED Orange Light on on the control panel and The front part of paper is jammed between pick-up unit and Feed sensor.

How to clear paper Jam 0 Ricoh-MPC-2030

– Turn off the printer.
– Remove all of paper tray and checking the location and finding paper jam or other jam.
– Put paper tray back to printer and then print test page.

How to fix(repair)”Jam 0″ error of Ricoh-MPC-2030:

– If the printer still error, then you need check the pick-up roller. If rubber surface of pick-up roller has worn, dirty or torn then you should clean rubber surface by damp cloth soaked in alcohol or replace it.
– If error not clear, replace solenoid and the finally plan is replace main PBA (Contact to me to repair upgrade firmware is wrong).

II. Paper Jam 1

Description “Jam 1”: Printer does not print, On the control panel, Status LED orange light.

How to remove paper jam inside Ricoh-MPC-2030

Error location: Paper jammed inside printer, in the fuser area or around the tone cartridge.

Cause of error “Jam 1” of Ricoh-MPC-2030

– May be exit sensor is faulty: It may has trapped or return only slowly due to contamination be toner powder , foreign objects or paper debris.
– The paper feeder are bad quality. It is so wet, too thick or too thin…When print paper will be rolled on the OPC drum.
– Some spring is missing, broken away, damaged or deformed
– Fuser unit are dirty by toner powder, paper debris or faulty heat roller, heat sensor, surface of heat roller has tear.
– The gear of toner cartridge don’t rotate because components of toner cartridge installed incorrect. For example: gears, drum, rollers…

How to clear paper jam inside printer (Jam 1 ) Ricoh-MPC-2030

1. Open the toner cartridge cover.
2. Remove the toner cartridge out of printer.
3. Remove paper jam inside printer. May be jam is not paper, it can be foreign objects.
4. Replace the toner cartridge back to printer
If you removed paper jam and the error does not clear then you shoul prefer “How to fix paper jam 1 error” in the forllowing:

How to fix(repair) “Jam 1” error of Ricoh-MPC-2030

– Clean exit sensor (it’s location at back side and on the right) by soft cloth with alcohol. If still error, you should replace exit sensor.
– Change the best resolution prints
– Replace spring is faulty.
– Disassemble fuser unit and remove the jammed paper, and clean the surface of the pressure roller with dry soft cloth.
– Check all components of toner cartridge and then reassembly it to correctly.

III. Paper Jam 2.

Description Jam 2: Printer does not print, On the control panel, Status LED orange light and paper does not going out of printer.

How to remove paper jam in tray Ricoh-MPC-2030

Error location: Paper Jam in exit area (paper jam out put tray)

Cause of error “Paper Jam 2” Ricoh-MPC-2030

– May be exit sensor has problem.
– The error belongs to SMPS board: voltage is not enough make the fuser unit heat up
– Thrust of the components of the fuser unit is not enough to push the paper going out the printer
If you removed paper jam and the error does not clear then you shoul prefer “How to fix paper jam 2 error” in the forllowing:

How to clear paper jam in paper exit area (Jam 2) Ricoh-MPC-2030

1. If the paper jammed is a large portion of the paper can be visible, be careful pull the paper out of printer.
If not, go to next step
2. Open the rear cover
3. Remove the paper jammed and then close cover
4. Print test page.
If you removed paper jam and the error does not clear then you shoul prefer “How to fix paper jam 2 error” in the forllowing:

How to repair “Paper Jam 2” error of Ricoh-MPC-2030

– Clean exit sensor (location of exit sensor at back side and on the right of printer) by soft cloth. If error is not clear, you should replace new exit sensor
– Replace SMPS board and main PBA
– Checking component of fuser unit, least as pressure roller.
More details, you view in “Ricoh-MPC-2030-2050 Service Repair Manual”.
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